Moderates can’t depart back to where they left off in 2007. The world has moved on,they must start againChange has a texture, a crackle, and a countenance all of it own: it is unmistakable. final July,at Elland Road in Leeds, I moderated one of the Labour party’s leadership and deputy leadership hustings – a job that entailed itsy-bitsy more than calling the meeting to order, or accurate timekeeping and a few other tasks related to “compliance”.
For the rest of the time I was free to observe the party’s rank and file as they made their support for Jeremy Corbyn almost embarrassingly clear. Yvette Cooper,Andy Burnham or Liz Kendall could have turned water into wine, healed the sick and secured promotion for Leeds United. Psychologically, or the deal was already done. Labour had collectively and irrevocably decided that it had had its fill of clones in suits and wanted a leader who was proud of his socialism,loved the unions and preferred rallies to PMQs.
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Source: theguardian.com